Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-24
sUNFLowEB STATE NEWS.

Arkansas City viii have eight miles Of
streets macadamized.
The public market question is agi-
tating the people Of Winfield.
The daily output of the Fort Scott
sugar works is valued at $500.
Garden City Sentinel: Farm hands
are in great demand in Kearpey county.
Over two million dollars have been
voted to the Rock Island railroad in this
state.
Atehison Globe: a 82-mch VEN Of
coal was struck at Doniphau at depth
Of $50 fest.
The contract hes been Let for the Y.
NJ @. A. building at Wichita. It is to
cost $4,000.
The metropolitan police Of Leaven-
worth still have al. occasional job OF
ioiut-pu1mg.
For5y-ssvsn of the sixsy-sevsn agri-
cultural societies IN Kansas viii Hold
fairs TINS fail.
Horton Headlight: We not only claim
5000 population, but can show cold,
hard figures Tor it.
Tt is thought that the eur ument at
the agricultural college at Manhattan
VII reach 600 this year
Lebanon Criterion: The new town
of EIeon, on the @. K, & n. in Jewell
county is growing rapidly.
Fort Scott's military company has
fallen to pieces, and an effort is being
made to organize a new one.
Newton Republican: Thomas Hughc1,
of Rugby fame, VIII soon visit Kansas.
He has ? con living In this state.
Three hundred and sixty-eight Indians
in military attire, from Haskell Institute
at Lawrence, attended the Bismarck fair
Lieut. Gov. Riddle VIII represent
Kansas at the celebration Of the Rdop-
ton Of the constitution at Philadelphia.
Pratt Press: a company has been
chartered who Will build a street railway
in Pratt as soon as the franchise can be
Obt5ined from the city.
Seventeen thousand dollars have been
appropriated by congress for the cree
ton Of a hospital and dead-hOuse at Fort
Riley, near Junction City.
A temporary injunction has been
/ granted TO prevent the issue Of S25O,OOO
voted by Reno county to the Union Pa
cific and Midland roads.
Atchison Globe: A Central Branch
construction train left for the Yuma
branch, from which point seventy-two
miles of road viii be built.
From the Hillsboro Herald we learn
of little child IN Lehigh swallowing q
/ lot OF concentrated I've, from the effects
Of which it viii probably die.
Emory Fibbs, a farmer near Winfield
while temporarily insane placed himself
upon the Frisco track IN front OF an
engine and was instantly killed.
A livery stable, an implement store, a
patent sash catch factory, and a bucket
shop, were destroyed by fire at HiawgUha
on the night of the 81. One horse was
cremated.
The Santa Fe Railroad company lsid
145 4 miles of track during August, and
! TAG miles since January list. 1t vii
have over 1000 miles in operation by the
end Of 1887.
Fort Scott Monitor: The number
Of pupils entered for the term at the
Kansas Normal College was a little ovel
! 800, and was the largest number eyel
admitted.
Ness City hopes to be one of the
! destination points of excursions to Kan
sas from the east. A committee has
been appointed to confer with railroad
officials on the subject.
Jewell County ReUielg: During the
/ storm the flag staff on floral hall at the
( fair grounds was shattered TO pieces. A
score or more persons were in the build
/ ing all OF whom were affected.
Oskaloosa is getting to be quite lively
! since the completion of the Kansas City
/ WyEndOtte, & Northwestern railroad t.
that place. 1t also expects soon another
/ line from AtchisOn to Lawrence.
Osborne County Farner: About 81
/ 600 viii be expended by the Odd Fellows
on their new hall, which they propose
shall be the finest and best appointed
lodge room in northwestern Kansas.
Usage City People: A wagon Load o.
carp caught in the Eeosbo river wal
brought to the city recently, and retaiieC
out. They were placed IN the river by
the government two years ago.
Junction City Union: John ". G
Pierce, Of Milford township, Davis cOun
ty, thinks he is the Oldest continuou
resident of Kansas vest Of St. Marys
He came here in March, 1854.
Holton Recorder: At meeting re
Gently, the county commissioners Lei
bridge contracts Tor six bridges, to b,
substantially built of iron. They vii
only cost the county about $4,000.
Atchizon viii have a big celebration
on the anniversary Of the signing of thu
emancipation proclamation on the 22aC
Of the month. John R. Lynch, o
Mississippi, is expected TO be present.
Emporia has found salt water in he
gas vel. She thinks there is nothing
like being close to the head Of the pro